I'm in the garage the other night workin away and the damn lights go out. My compressor trips the circuit breaker a lot so I go to the box expecting that same circuit breaker to be tripped... No dice. None of the circuits are tripped, but everywhere else in the house is still getting juice.
I shut down the power and pull out the suspect circuit breaker and behind it looks like a little explosion happened, so I figure I blew up the breaker. Go to Lowes get a replacement wired it up and pop it in... Still nothing. So out comes the multimeter, I am no electrician, but I am damn near positive I am getting juice through the suspect circuit. I test all the circuits and they all seem to be getting power. It is one of the GFI cicuits so it has the test button, it tests out fine.
Does this mean I have a short circuit in the house somewhere? Broken wire?
This is killing me not having power to my garage... Please help!!!
I shut down the power and pull out the suspect circuit breaker and behind it looks like a little explosion happened, so I figure I blew up the breaker. Go to Lowes get a replacement wired it up and pop it in... Still nothing. So out comes the multimeter, I am no electrician, but I am damn near positive I am getting juice through the suspect circuit. I test all the circuits and they all seem to be getting power. It is one of the GFI cicuits so it has the test button, it tests out fine.
Does this mean I have a short circuit in the house somewhere? Broken wire?
This is killing me not having power to my garage... Please help!!!